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Chapter 202 Li Chuang in Luoyang, Chongzhen in the capital

Luoyang.

The original Prince Fu's Mansion was renamed the Generalissimo's Mansion in April.

Because when Song Xiance went to Luoyang to obtain information from Li Chuang's ministry, Li Zicheng and others also learned that Liu Sheng had appointed himself "Generalissimo of Yuchu Xinghua".

After Song Xiance left, under the advice of Niu Jinxing, Li Yan, Gu Junen and other think tanks, Li Zicheng also appointed himself the "Civil and Military Marshal of Fengtian Promoting Righteousness", referred to as "Generalissimo of Promoting Righteousness", one year and eight months earlier than in history .

Li Zicheng, who had become the general marshal, was sitting on the golden dragon chair of the former King Fu, looking unhappy.

Anyone who is blind in one eye will not be in a happy mood, not to mention that he has received some bad news recently.

"Then since Liu Sheng has captured Wuyang and Ye County, the next step must be to capture Nanyang. Let's talk about it. What should we do?"

In the hall, there are Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen and other people, and there are more than ten people including Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong, Liu Fangliang and so on.

Liu Zongmin spoke up first: "What's there to say? Nanyang is the fat on our lips, how can we give it to the man named Liu? He, a junior who has only been in the army for one year, has what qualifications to compete with us?"

Liu Zongmin's voice was so loud, it was like shooting off a cannon, which made Li Zicheng frown.

He said solemnly: "Don't underestimate him - he can defeat [-] to [-] troops and force Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei to retreat to Yancheng. There must be soldiers under his command who can fight."

"No matter how hard we fight, who else can fight?" Liu Zongmin obviously looked down on the Yi tribe rebels and hummed: "What do you say? There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings.

If the elite officers and soldiers hadn't come to deal with them, how could Liu Sheng occupy Runing?How can he defeat tens of thousands of soldiers? "

Li Zicheng's expression became even more gloomy and ugly, but he was too lazy to argue with Liu Zongmin - Liu Zongmin didn't know the importance, and he was afraid that if they continued to argue, they would make both of them look bad.

At this time Li Yan spoke up.

"King Chuang, we now occupy the Yiluo Valley. It seems that we can expand in all directions, but in fact there are only two good ways out.

The first is to go east to Kaifeng - if we can capture Kaifeng Mansion, we can advance and control the Huanghuai Plain, the Grand Canal, and Shandong, cut off the capital's water transportation, and destroy Ming Yi'er.

The second is to go south to Nanyang - if we can take Nanyang Mansion first and then use Huguang as a granary, we can fully feed the soldiers and people, and at the same time cut off a large source of food.

In addition, Huguang is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. To the west, you can attack Sichuan, and to the east, you can attack Jiangnan. It is indeed a must-win place to conquer the world!

Of course, if possible, it would be best for us to capture both Kaifeng and Nanyang in order to have a solid foundation! "

After hearing what Li Yan said, Li Zicheng's expression finally changed from gloomy to clear.

"Commander Li is wise, and what he said is exactly what I want. Kaifeng, Nanyang, we can't let anyone go.

Of course, the most important thing right now is Nanyang.

I heard that Luo Rucai arrived in Xichuan a month ago, and I wanted to meet him. It would be best to ask him to become the leader of the alliance.

Since he is a general, you can make him a general.After the summer harvest, take him with you to defeat Nanyang.

You guys have eaten Nanyang in your mouth, you can’t believe that Liu Sheng still dares to fight! "

Liu Zongmin clapped his hands and said, "Isn't this just like what I said? In the end, we are all going to beat Nanyang and that person named Liu!"

Li Zicheng laughed and said, "So Jiexuan is as wise as he is foolish."

"Who is as wise as a fool?" Liu Zongmin was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "This is the word Lao Niu gave me, I almost forgot about it, hahaha..."

The atmosphere in the palace improved, and everyone else started laughing too.

After laughing, Li Zicheng said solemnly: "Before attacking Nanyang, there is a city we must capture, and that is Ruzhou!
Only by taking Ruzhou can we be wary of the army in the east, and we can easily attack Kaifeng in the future.

This time I won't lead the troops myself. Li Guo, you, Liu Fangliang, and Gao Yigong will lead the 5 people newly recruited into the army! "

Li Guo stepped out of the queue and clasped his fists, saying: "Yes!"

Li Yan couldn't help but admonished him, "King Chuang, those recruits are all young men selected from hungry people and bandits. They have been in the army for less than a month, and they lack soldiers and armor.

If you let them attack Ruzhou Jiancheng now, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Please think twice, King Chuang! "

Li Zicheng said displeasedly: "Military Commander Li is good at everything, but he is too kind-hearted - how can anyone not die in a war?
I might as well tell you that I just thought those new recruits were too weak, so I let them take them to fight.How can one become an elite soldier without going through bloody battles? "

"But···"

Li Yan wanted to say something more, but as soon as he spoke, he was pulled by Niu Jinxing beside him, saying: "King Chuang has already issued a military order, so don't do it. Besides, can you be better than King Chuang when it comes to fighting?" Better?"

Niu Jinxing's words seemed to be persuading Li Yan, but in fact they revealed that Li Yan was questioning Li Zicheng's military orders and even Li Zicheng's military ability.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Li Zicheng's face obviously darkened again.

Li Yan sighed when he saw this and said no more.

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Capital.

In the Forbidden City.

Emperor Chongzhen stood on a platform near Wuying Hall, looking up at the sky, and found that the sky was dark and gloomy, just like his mood at the moment.

"Long live my Lord, Grand Sima is here." Wang Chengen said from behind.

"Let him come over."

"Yes."

Chen Xinjia, Minister of War, came over and said, "Long live my emperor, long live my emperor."

Although Chongzhen was not in a beautiful mood, he could still maintain basic etiquette.

He turned around and raised his hand to signal, "I love you."

"Thank you, long live."

Chongzhen handed over a memorial in his hand and said: "Gao Douguang has been escorted to the capital and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. This is the memorial memorial he wrote. Please take a look, my dear."

Chen Xinjia took the memorial and read it quickly, his brows already furrowed.Then he said: "Long live, the fact that Runing Liu thief has hundreds of red barbarian cannons is ridiculous. Gao Douguang must have made it up to shirk the blame."

"But after the Jin Yiwei and the imperial envoys I sent to Fengyang secretly visited the armies that experienced the battles of Gucheng and Zhugao, they all said that the rebel army did have many red barbarian cannons, as well as thousands of squatting tiger cannons and thousands of bird muskets. Could it be that they are all lying?"

Chen Xinjia was also very confused after hearing this, and thought hard for a while.

Seeing that Chongzhen's expression quickly became impatient, he quickly said: "The rebel army may only have a few dozen red barbarian cannons. It's just that the soldiers were frightened by the defeat and wanted to shirk the blame, so they all lied to each other and falsely claimed that there were hundreds of red barbarian cannons." cannon.

Banzai also knows that it is difficult to cast red barbarian cannons, and it is equally difficult to buy them from barbarians. The imperial court currently only has more than 100 cannons, how can the rebel army have hundreds of cannons?

As for squatting tiger cannons and bird cannons, there may be quite a few thieves, but they will never be that many - it is common for frontline soldiers to exaggerate the enemy's strength after defeat to cover up their cowardice and mistakes.

Just like Li Chuang, the local government actually reported that he had an army of 50, and some even said that he had an army of 70. How is this possible?

If Li Chuang really had such a large army, he would either immediately divide his troops, attack from all directions, or even go straight to the capital.

Either as time goes on, it will be overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of troops, and it will disintegrate without the need for the court to fight. "

After hearing what Chen Xinjia said, Chongzhen felt that it made sense.

But the problem is not solved.

"No matter what, Li Chuang and Liu Wei have captured Henan Mansion and Runing Mansion. The situation has been established. How can the imperial court eliminate them?"

Chen Xinjia hesitated for a moment, thinking of the severe situation of the Ming Dynasty, but gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, there are no enough elite troops in the pass to suppress the bandits. If you want to pacify the likes of Li, Liu, Luo and Zhang, it is best to let Hong Chengchou lead the army back from outside the pass."

"Are you kidding me?" Chongzhen wanted to veto it as soon as he heard it. "At the end of March, Jiannu besieged Jinzhou, obviously with the intention of uprooting Jinzhou.

My beloved, you should know that once Jinzhou is lost, it will be difficult to hold Ningyuan, and soon Jiannu will be able to threaten Shanhaiguan!Who will bear the responsibility for losing the land? ! "

Chen Xinjia said nothing for a while.

He definitely can't bear this responsibility, it will cost him his head!
There is only one person in the entire Ming Dynasty who can bear this responsibility, and that is the Ming Emperor in front of him.

Chen Xinjia knew very well that he could not persuade or even criticize this matter.

One cannot persuade Chongzhen, but the other may be considered by Chongzhen to have ulterior motives and anger him.

If Chongzhen really listened to the advice, he wanted to persuade Chongzhen to give up outside the customs and directly defend Shanhaiguan.

This suggestion was made by more than one person before, but Chongzhen did not accept it.

But if he doesn't bring back troops from outside the pass and doesn't use Hong Chengchou, he really doesn't have much confidence in wiping out the four major bandits, Li Liu, Zhang Luo.

Because the Ming Dynasty's current military deployment is as he said before, there are not many elite soldiers in the pass.

The general of the Qin Army is as fierce as a tiger, the former Shanxi general is as fierce as a tiger, and the former Shanxi general is as powerful as a tiger.

Then there are some of the frontier troops and Beijing camps (mainly referring to the Yongwei camp) guarding the border crossings of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Xuanfu.

Zuo Liangyu is barely able to fight among the generals in the pass, and he has the largest number of soldiers, but now he is not very obedient.

If you go to war only if you can get an advantage, if you are the first to run away when you see danger, you are already becoming a warlord.

Later, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, Fang Guoan and other generals and deputy generals only had thousands to 1 people, and their combat power was not enough to be used.

As for the model soldiers recruited by the governor, most of them are new recruits, and most of them have insufficient food and salary and lower combat effectiveness.

The most capable and numerous elites of the Ming Dynasty are currently in Shanhaiguan and Ningjin, such as Cao Bianjiao, Ma Ke, Wu Sangui, etc.

In September of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the slaves invaded and became rampant and difficult to control. They did not retreat until February or March of the following year.

Hong Chengchou, who was suppressing the bandits at that time, was urgently transferred to the governor of Jiliao. He first led part of the Qin army to the capital to serve the king, and then led this part of the Qin army to confront the Qing invaders outside the pass.

As a result, "Hong Shatou", who had an outstanding record of suppressing bandits within the Pass, could not survive outside the Pass.

Last winter, when Jiannu attacked Jinzhou and Ningyuan, Hong Chengchou sent troops to fight and were defeated by Tashan and Xingshan.

In March, Jinzhou Zu Dashou was besieged. More than a month has passed and it is still difficult to break the siege.

Because Jinzhou had a lot of military supplies hoarded, Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou were both preparing to advance slowly and force Jiannu away to break the siege of Jinzhou.

Chongzhen also thought it was feasible.

But Chen Xinjia felt that these elites were more needed to suppress the bandits.

That's why he tentatively put forward the suggestion to abandon Jinzhou and mobilize elites from outside the customs to come back to suppress the bandits.

Chongzhen did not accept this proposal, so he could only think of other ways.

"If we can't mobilize elites from outside the pass to come back and suppress the bandits, with all the troops and horses the imperial court has inside the pass, and money and food are tight, we can only go on the defensive.

You can defend and train troops and save money and food.

In addition, Li Chuang and Liu Wei are both in Henan, and they may be able to find ways to make the two tigers compete and the court reap the benefits. "

"This is a good idea." Chongzhen finally showed some satisfaction, "My dear, please do it accordingly."

Then Chongzhen thought of something, frowned and asked, "Where is Ding Qirui? More than two months have passed. How come there is no movement from him, the supervisor?"

Ding Qirui was recommended by Chen Xinjia to succeed Yang Sichang as the commander of the army to suppress the bandits, so he naturally had to defend him.

"Long Live I don't know. After Ding Qirui left Tongguan, he was first trapped in Henan and Nanyang due to the raging bandits.

Huguang Inspector Wang Chengzhao also used the excuse that he could not collect enough ferries to prevent Ding Qirui from taking the Han River to Jingzhou to take over Yang Sichang's supervision.

As a last resort, Ding Qirui could only supervise Xiangyang Zuo Liangyu's troops to hunt down Zhang Xianzhong's troops in Huangzhou Prefecture. "

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)